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Professor Eugene Cloete

Former Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research, Innovation and postgraduate studies at Stellenbosch University

Topic: Eco-nomics: Is this the way to a sustainable future?

Professor Stephanie Midgley

Scientist: Climate Change and Risk Assessment, Western Cape Department of Agriculture (DoA)

Sibusiso Manana

Head of Agriculture TIA

Topic: Investments and Support for Climate Smart Agriculture solutions

Professor Nick

Kotze

SUN Chair: Plant Health

Professor Willem Landman

Meteorology in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology (GGM), UP

Topic: Getting smarter with climate data

Dr Peter Johnston

Climate Scientist, UCT

Topic: Climate change impacts in South Africa - a focus on agriculture and water

Johan van den Berg

Agricultural Meteorologist

Topic: Climate change - some on-farm considerations

Dr Miekie Human

Research & Policy Officer, Grain SA Consultant

Topic: Working towards climate resilience of grain and oilseed producers

Andrea Campher

Risk and Disaster Management, Agri SA

Topic: Disaster Risk Management in Agriculture: 2021/2022 Case Study

PRESENTATIONS

Gottfried Pessl

CEO/Founder,

Pessl Instruments GmbH

Topic: Do technologies, IoT and DSS have the potential to be the new safeguards for food security in a growing world population?

Marius Boshoff

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), WinField United South Africa

Topic: Metos SA and the Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Project

Gerard Martin

Executive Manager Winetech

Topic: Terraclim - taking an Idea to value in the SA wine industry

Dr Tara Southey

Founder of TerraClim

Topic: Terraclim- integrated data-driven decision-making tool as agriculture warms up to change

PRESENTATIONS

Marius Boshoff

Chief Strategy Officer (CSA) WinField United SA

Topic: Sustainability leadership, sowing the seeds and collectively reaping the rewards

Kavita Pema

Group Executive: Sustainability & Transformation, WinField United South Africa

Topic: Integrated sustainability, strong roots and bearing great fruits

Sanjeev Raghubir

Group Sustainability Manager at Shoprite Holdings

Topic: Minimising the impact of climate change on the retail sector

Dr Penny Byrne

ESG Investment Analyst at SBG Securities

Topic: The Social Impacts of the Climate Crisis on African Agriculture

PRESENTATIONS

Ashia Peterson

Director, Sustainable Resource Use & Management, Western Cape Government

Topic: Sustainable Resource Management in Agriculture

Arthur Chapman

Independent Consultant

Topic: Climate Change and Water Security

Professor Adriaan van Niekerk

Industry Affairs Manager, CGA

Topic: Satellite remote sensing for taking stock of water use and availability at regional scales

Professor Martin Steyn

Irrigation Specialist,

Plant and Soil Sciences, UP

Topic: Sustainable use of scarce water resources through good irrigation management practices

Kobus Hartman

CEO, Agri Business Systems International

Topic: Influence of climate change on the marketability of our fresh produce internationally

Paul Hardman

Industry Affairs Manager, CGA

Topic: The impact of global sustainability policies, such as the EU Green Deal, on fruit production and exports

Michelle Lesur

CEO, Andermatt Madumbi

Topic: The (Bio)Logical Solution to a Hot topic!

Dr Xolisa Melamane

Portfolio Manager Commercialization under the Agriculture Business Unit

Topic: Biotechnology solutions for climate change: A TIA perspective

The Convention space

The keynote speakers

panel 1: the risks of climate change

The keynote speakers

panel 3: ESG, sustainability and beyond

panel 4: water sustainability and security